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Stay where you are & then leave

Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.

Main Author: Boyne, John, 1971- (Author)
Other Authors: Jeffers, Oliver (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition: First American edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > England > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness > Juvenile fiction.
London (England) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936 > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
Physical Description: 245 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781627790314 (hardback)
1627790314 (hardback)
Author Notes: Acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 30, 1971. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He has written dozens of short stories and many novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. An award-winning film adaptation of this work was released in 2008. In 2015 his title, A History of Lonelines made The New Zealand Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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